Synopsis : "My birthday was on the 3rd of April 2020, and for the first time, I celebrated it all by myself. But even if I was alone, I decided to celebrate it as if it’s the last one" The film was made during quarantine, using archive films from the 80-90s and using VHS recorder app.
Credits _____
Produced by
h7o7
Film by
Hadi Moussally
DOP & Post-Production
Olivier Pagny
Music
Bellydance Vogue by Hadi Zeidan
Awards & Nominations
"Best Music Video" Award
QueerCine International Film Festival 2024
Honorable Mention
Vancouver International x MENA Film Festival 2024
"Audience Award" winner
Emergentia 2023
"Best documentary" Award
Girona en Moviment 2023
"Best Short Independent" Award
On Art - Dance&Music 2022
« Claussen-Simon-Stiftung Feature » Award
TANZAHOi - International Dance and Dance Film Festival 2022
« Best Music Video » Award
Brussels Independent Film Festival 2022
« Best Realidad Mediada: Documentary Videodance » Award
CUERPO MEDIADO - Festival de Videodanza 2021
« Best Experimental » Award
Toronto Arthouse Film Festival 2021
« Honorable Mention » Award
Leeds International Film Festival 2021
« Best in show » Award
Wicked Queer 2021
« Best Music Video » Award
New Jersey Independent Film Festival 2021
« Honorable mention » Award
Super 9 Mobile Film Fest 2021
« Best Edit » Nomination
Austin Arthouse Film Festival 2021
« Best Style » Nomination
Austin Arthouse Film Festival 2021
« Best Social Commentary » Nomination
Austin Arthouse Film Festival 2021
Official Selections
« Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2024 » / Glasgow (Uk) / October 2024
« Ciné-corps 2024 » / Paris (France) / September 2024
« Art200 International Queer Film Festival 2024 » / Bucharest (Romania) / September 2024
« ZED Festival Internazionale Videodanza 2024 » / Bologna (Italy) / July 2024
« Art Night Venezia - Sleepless Video Art Night 2024 » / Venezia (Italy) / June 2024
« Raksa cine 2024 » / Paris (France) / June 2024
« QueerCine International Film Festival 2024 » / Ghent (Belgium) / May 2024
« QueerCine International Film Festival 2024 » / Ghent (Belgium) / May 2024
« Freiburg Gay Film Festival 2024 » / Freiburg (Germany) / May 2024
« Fête de la Danse 2024 » / Lausanne (Switzerland) / May 2024
« Bipod Festival 2024 » / Beirut (Lebanon) / April 2024
« Vancouver International x MENA Film Festival 2024 » / Vancouver (Canada) / January 2024
« Arlequeen 2024 » / Paris (France) / January 2024
« Haram, Honey! 2023 » / Malmö (Sweden) / December 2023
« Gay Consent Lab 2023 » / Berlin (Germany) / December 2023
« Emergentia 2023 » / Geneva (Switzerland) / November 2023
« Boreal Screendance Festival 2023 » / Akureyri (Iceland) / October 2023
« FeX - Festival eXperimental de Cinema 2023 » / Alcantara (Brazil) / October 2023
« Cinema Queer 2023 » / Stockholm (Sweden) / October 2023
« (In) visible structure (s) 2023 » / Berlin (Germany) / September 2023
« The place 2023 » / Online (UK) / September 2023
« Movi|mentale Festival 2023 » / Napoli (Italy) / September 2023
« The Atlanta Black Pride LGBTQ International Film Festival 2023 » / Atlanta (USA) / September 2023
« Queer & Pride : Kriterion x Canvas 2023 » / Amsterdam (Netherlands) / August 2023
« Girona en Moviment 2023 » / Girona (Spain) / July 2023
« Queer Mvmnt Fest 2023 » / San Diego (USA) / June 2023
« Queer City Cinema 2023 » / Zagreb, Ljubkjana, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Dubrovnik / April 2023
« Toronto Queer Film Festival 2023 » / Toronto (Canada) / March 2023
« The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) 2023 » / Montreal (Canada) / March 2023
« FASHIONCLASH 2022 » / Maastricht (Netherlands) / November 2022
« Chéries-Chéris 2022 » / Paris (France) / November 2022
« Choreoscope 2022 » / Barcelona (Spain) / October 2022
« BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival 2022 » / Bilbao (Spain) / October 2022
« On Art - Dance&Music 2022 » / Warsaw (Poland) / September 2022
« Mill of Performing Arts 2022 » / Larissa (Greece) / September 2022
« Queer City Cinema 2022 » / Regina (Canada) / September 2022
« TANZAHOi International Dance Film Festival 2022 » / Hamburg (Germany) / September 2022
« Love & Hope International Film Festival 2022 » / Barcelona (Spain) / September 2022
« Taiwan International Queer Film Festival 2022 » / Kaohsiung (Taiwan) / August 2022
« Cinedans FEST 2022 » / Amsterdam (Netherlands) / June 2022
« FIRE!! Barcelona international LGBTI Film Festival 2022 » / Barcelona (Spain) / June 2022
« Fantasy Film Festival 2022 » / Paris (France) / June 2022
« Doc.Sydney Documentary Film Festival 2022 » / Sydney (Australia) / May 2022
« Queer City Cinema 2022 » / Glasgow, Halwick, Galway, Dublin, & London (Uk) / April-May 2022
« Doc.London Documentary Film Festival 2022 » / London (UK) / March 2022
« Vinilonga Short Film Festival 2022 » / Buenos Aires (Argentina) / March 2022
« Brussels Independent Film Festival 2022 » / Brussels (Belgium) / February 2022
« Austin Arthouse Film Festival 2021» / Online (USA) / December 2021
« InShadow – Lisbon Screendance Festival 2021 » / Lisbon (Portugal) / December 2021
« Super Shorts Film Festival London 2021 » / London (UK) / December 2021
« CUERPO MEDIADO - Festival de Videodanza 2021 » / Online (Argentina) / November 2021
« Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2021 » / London (UK) / November 2021
« Leeds International Film Festival 2021 » / Leeds (UK) / November 2021
« 180´Berlin Filmfest 2021 » / Berlin (Germany) / November 2021
« International Queer and Migrant Film Festival 2021 » / Amsterdam (Netherlands) / October 2021
« Canadian International Fashion Film Festival 2021 » / Toronto (Canada) / October 2021
« Soura Film Festival 2021 » / Berlin (Germany) / October 2021
« Toronto Arthouse Film Festival 2021 » / Toronto (Canada) / October 2021
« COVIDaVINCI 2021 » / Online / October 2021
« Flip the Script Fest 2021 » / Online / October 2021
« Thessaloniki International G.L.A.D. Film Festival 2021 » / Thessaloniki (Greece) / October 2021
« Luststreifen Film Festival 2021 » / Basel (Switzerland) / September 2021
« Twin Cities Arab Film Festival 2021 » / Minneapolis (USA) / September 2021
« London International Screen Dance Festival 2021 » / London (UK) / September 2021
« Kansas City Underground Film Festival 2021 » / Kansas (USA) / September 2021
« Bogotá Experimental Film Festival / CineAutopsia 2021 » / Bogotà (Colombia) / August 2021
« Image+Nation 2021 » / Montreal (Canada) / July 2021
« Boston Short Film Festival 2021 » / Boston (USA) / July 2021
« CINEMQ 2021 » / Shanghai (China) / July 2021
« Cinema Al Fouad - Aflamuna 2021 » / Beirut (Lebanon) / June 2021
« Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2021 » / Hong Kong (Hong Kong) / June 2021
« Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2021 » / Toronto (Canada) / May 2021
« New Jersey Independent Film Festival 2021 » / New Jersey (USA) / May 2021
« Kalakari Film Festival 2021 » / Dewas (India) / May 2021
« Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival 2021 » / Ghent (Belgium) / May 2021
« Beirut Love Film Festival 2021 » / Beirut (Lebanon) / April 2021
« Super 9 Mobile Film Fest 2021 » / Porto (Portugal) / April 2021
« Wicked Queer 2021 » / Boston (USA) / April 2021
« Moinho Cine Fest 2021 » / Porto (Portugal) / April 2021
« Opine Dance Film Festival 2021 » / Philadelphia (USA) / March 2021
« Screen.Dance 2021 » / Aberdeen (UK) / March 2021
« Flikkers Queer Film Festival 2021 » / Birmingham (UK) / February 2021
« Tag! Queer Shorts Festival 2021 » / Portland (USA) / February 2021
« DANCE@30FPS 2021 » / Columbus (USA) / February 2021
« Muestra Movimiento Audiovisual 2021 » / Guadalajara (Mexico) / January 2021
« Knowbox Dance Film Festival 2020 » / Cholula (Mexico) / December 2020
« Flatpack Festival 2020 » / Birmingham (UK) / November 2020
« FilmFest by Rogue Dancer 2020 » / Raleigh (USA) / November 2020
« Short To The Point 2020 » / Bucharest (Romania) / November 2020
« Golden Bridge Istanbul Short Film Festival 2020 » / Istanbul (Turkey) / October 2020
« International Meeting on Video-dance and Video-performance 2020 » / Valencia (Spain) / October 2020
« Danzattack Festival de Danza y CineDanza 2020 » / Tenerife (Spain) / October 2020
« Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival 2020 » / Los Angeles (USA) / October 2020
« Fashion Film Festival Amsterdam 2020 » / Amsterdam (Netherlands) / September 2020
« Mexico City Videodance Festival 2020 » / Mexico (Mexico) / September 2020
« Pool Festival 2020 » / Berlin (Germany) / September 2020
« Strangelove Time-based Media Festival 2020 » / Folkestone (UK) / July 2020
« Online Isolation Short Videos Festival 2020 » / Moscow (Russia) / July 2020
« A Shaded View On Fashion Film Festival 2020 - Lockdown edition » / Online / May 2020
Exhibitions
« Arab World Institute - Habibi, les révolutions de l'amour / La nuit blanche » / Paris (France) / October 2022
« V&A Museum - Friday Late : Freedom of Movement » / London (UK) / April 2022
Magazines
MyKali Magazine / Amman (Jordan) / June 2020
Kaltlblut Magazine / Berlin (Germany) / May 2020
